Author: Mihaela Ignătescu

PSD came first in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, followed by AUR and PNL.

After the centralization of ballots from over 98% of the polling stations, the Social Democratic Party got 22.54% of the votes for the Chamber of Deputies, followed by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians – 17.75%, the National Liberal Party – 13.60%, the Save Romania Union – 11.99%. Next come SOS Romania Party – 7.10%, the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania – 6.49% and the Young People’s Party – 6.24%. The rest of the parties and alliances obtained less than 5%.

The same hierarchy is preserved in the Senate. After the centralization of over 98% of the ballots, the Social Democratic Party obtained 22.90% of the votes of the electorate, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians – 18.07%, the National Liberal Party – 14.49%, the Save Romania Union – 11.91 %. The following places are: SOS Romania Party – 7.51%, the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania – 6.54% and the Young People’s Party – 6.18%. The rest of the parties and alliances are below the 5% threshold.

In Romania, 7,981,120 people voted (turnout 52.50%). More than 771,000 people voted abroad, and 4,343 voted by post.

UPDATE 10.30 p.m.

For the Chamber of Deputies, the Social Democratic Party got 25.50% of the votes of the electorate, followed by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians – 19.30%, the Save Romania Union – 15.70%, the National Liberal Party – 15.30%. The exit poll data were presented by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology – CURS. Other figures show SOS Romania with 5.50%, Young People’s Party – 5.50%, UDMR – 5%, and SENS – 3.40%.

For the Senate, the Social Democratic Party obtained 25.70% of the votes, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians – 19.50%, the Save Romania Union – 15.70%, and the National Liberal Party – 15.60%, according to data from the exit poll conducted on Sunday by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology. Next are SOS Romania – 5.50%, Party of Young People – 5.30%, UDMR – 5%, SENS – 3.10%. The figures are valid for 9 p.m.

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The results of the exit-poll conduced by CURS:

PSD – 26%

AUR – 19%

USR – 15,5%

PNL – 15,5%

SOS – 5,5%

POT – 5,5%

UDMR – 5%

SENS – 3,3%

REPER -1,2%

FD – 1,1%

An INSCOP survey, which is not an exit-poll, presented the following results:

Senate:

PSD: 24,8%

AUR: 21,6%

PNL: 14,6%

USR: 12,6%

SOS: 7,2%

POT: 5,2%

UDMR: 4,8%

SENS: 3,6%

Forța Dreptei: 1,4%

Reper: 1%

DREPT: 0,6%

Chamber of Deputies:

PSD: 25,1%

AUR: 19,9%

PNL: 13,7%

USR: 13,3%

SOS: 7%

POT: 5,4%

UDMR: 5%

SENS: 4,2%

Forța Dreptei: 1,4%

Reper: 1%

DREPT: 0,6%

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The Social Democratic Party (PSD) is ranked first after Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Romania, according to the results of polls conducted an hour before the end of voting. According to the poll, PSD got 26% of the votes. In second place is AUR (nationalist opposition) with 19%. USR (in opposition) and PNL (co-ruling with PSD) would have received around 15.5% of the votes. UDMR is, as usual, on the electoral threshold of five percent. The populist parties SOS Romania and the Young People’s Party are also said to have crossed the threshold. The turnout exceeded 52%.

At 20:00, turnout reached 51.8 %. More than 9.3 million voters expressed their electoral option for the parliamentary elections. Over 700,000 Romanian citizens voted at polling stations organized outside the country. Exit poll results are to be published in less than an hour.